This week, John is joined by his NPC: Next Portable Console co-host Brendon Bigley for a conversation about Control Ultimate Edition coming to the Mac, Bluesky, a friendly interrogation about the apps and gear Brendon uses, and more.

• Capacities – A novel approach to note-taking.

• Control Ultimate Edition Is Coming to the Mac Early Next Year

• MacStories Is on Bluesky

• EchoFeed

• Croissant: A Beautifully-Designed App for Cross-Posting to Multiple Social Media Accounts

• deck.blue

• Email: Gmail

• Google Is Discontinuing Its Inbox Email App in March 2019

• Also mentioned:

• Clear

• iA Writer

• Pika

• Readwise Reader

• Feedbin

• Hardware

• Samson Q9U

• Blue Yeti

• Domino Drop

• Wavelengths.online

• Bluesky

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